seen in the 03/2018 watchtower study :.
"during the 2017 service year, more than 284,000 “rightly disposed” individuals symbolized their dedication to jehovah by water baptism.".
https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-study-march-2018/baptism-requirement-for-christians/.
Brokeback Watchtower: Say USA has 52,000 congregation
There are 14,040 congregations in the US.
Last year 28,588 where baptised in the US.
On average two people from each US congregation got baptised last year.
Year-on-year, average publishers in the US increased by 2,945, from 1,195,081 in 2015 to 1,198,026 in 2016.
just spent 8 hours in a 1 day elders school last weekend.
clarification given: "moving forward any elder, ms, or pioneer who themselves or someone under their roof enrolls in higher education, may no longer qualify for privileges in the congregation.
their qualifications will have to be reviewed by their boe.".
darkspilver: FYI, OUTLINES, translated from English to Spanish, for the current one-day 2018 Kingdom Ministry School for Elders
Now both original ENGLISH outlines and VIDEOS are available to download for the 2018 Ministry School for Elders AND Ministerial Servants.
(btw, even the Elders don't get to see/know what specific/unique stuff the Ministerial Servants are told)
there’s all this talk about combining congregations to enhance kingdom hall utilization.
the branch offices keep calling the halls half full.
are they half full or half empty?
Watch the video!
It's a 200 seater Kingdom Hall with 4 English (or same language) congregations
Each congregation has an average attendance of 120. (4 x 120 = 480)
The 4 congregations are then merged into 3 congregations
Thus each congregation will now have an average attendance of 160 in a 200-seater KH.
WT VIDEOS: Merging Congregations and Seat Utilization (from Nov 2016 and July 2017)
one of us on netflix.
this is a documentary on hasidism.
i wish one day a similar documentary will be made for watchtower.
The other Jewish film doing the rounds is Menashe.
Based around the life of Menashe Lustig, a 38-year-old Hasidic Jew and native of the Hasidic enclave New Square in Brooklyn.
Sadly his wife died, and the rabbi has said that until he remarries, he would be an unfit parent for his son.
But Lustig refuses to remarry, and so his son lives with another Hasidic family.
one of us on netflix.
this is a documentary on hasidism.
i wish one day a similar documentary will be made for watchtower.
quite possibly the most cringeworthy thing i've seen them do yet.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tk88rstv6o.
https://wghow.ca/81/partners-associates.htm.
this law firm seems to exit for the sole purpose of defending the jw organisation.
am i correct?.
Thanks, that was a fascinating documentary, thanks for pulling it up - it's interesting to see the events overlaid with the political side too.
Interesting on the 'hate crime' thought regarding the view of it today.
The dictionary definition of what a 'whore' included was funny.
Shows the legal differences though - esp compared to the the US Bill of Rights and the 1st Amendment.
https://wghow.ca/81/partners-associates.htm.
this law firm seems to exit for the sole purpose of defending the jw organisation.
am i correct?.
Check out the link to his life story in the Awake - it was in my earlier post in this thread - it mentions him geting married again after his wife died.
https://wghow.ca/81/partners-associates.htm.
this law firm seems to exit for the sole purpose of defending the jw organisation.
am i correct?.
Why Child: OR can answer with certainty, when the JW.org became incorporated (believed to be around 2000-2005?
I believe the date you want is Thursday, June 22, 2000
Check out my post here (includes links to third-party websites):
https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5668556656082944/_post/4755888252387328
https://wghow.ca/81/partners-associates.htm.
this law firm seems to exit for the sole purpose of defending the jw organisation.
am i correct?.
Glen How also got his life story printed in the Awake! magazine in 2000 - you can read it here:
